Question

Suppose we went to choose 2 letters without replacement from 3 letters a b and c

Answer 1

6 ways - ab,ac, ba,bc and ca,cb

Explanation:

We are given 3 letters a,b,c.

We can choose the first letter in 1 out of 3 ways.

Once the first letter has been chosen without replacement, we have two letters remaining. Another letter can be chosen from the 2 remaining letters in 2 ways. So the total number of ways of choosing the two letters is 3*2 = 6.

Listing out the possible set of choices:

Options include: ab,ac, ba,bc and ca, cb